Model Fitting
The auxons now have a rough shape that approximates the actual structure of the target protein. Piece by piece, they scour the model for shapes that look like they might contain a specific amino acid. With knowledge of both the protein sequence and the ways in which amino acids form shapes, an accurate atomic model of the protein is constructed.
2015
Orb
A conglomeration of particle computers and assemblers capable of altering its structure to suit a task determined by an auxon collective. They are so named because they often take the form of a perfect sphere, although they can sometimes be seen in the so- called “twinned” form. It is speculated that orbs function as the supercomputers of auxon collectives. Most orbs have been named by the researchers that study them. An orb is considered synonymous with the identity of a collective.
2015
Point Anomaly II
After much calculation by the library and implementation by Collectors, the vacuum bubble has separated from our reality, forming a space-time bridge to the pocket of space that is the Anomaly. As the space that forms the anomaly expands, the bubble grows more stable as tidal forces diminish. Eventually, auxons are able to traverse the bridge and bring matter from the Anomaly back to the Library, where it is incorporated into novel calculations.
2015
Point Singularity I
An Orb oversees the creation of a vacuum bubble that will eventually inflate to form an Anomaly. This collective wishes to create its own oasis for calculation, a pocket removed from time and space that would become known simply as the Anomaly. Early in the life-cycle of the vacuum bubble, the anomaly that was forming inside had not yet become disassociated from nomal-space and could be handled by mundane means.
2015
Polio
Douglas Bosley
2022
Porter
One of the largest semi-autonomous robots. Most often found in four limbed varieties but specimens have been documented with as many as ten. The sole function of a porter appears to be to convey dense material between sites within a collective.
2015
Revival
Attendants engaged in ecological rejuvenation in the area immediately surrounding a preservation structure. Such structures maintain information and biological reserves during an unstable epoch.
2018
RSV
Douglas Bosley
2022
SARS CoV-2
Douglas Bosley
2022
Saturn
A Drifter with a compliment of attendant auxons in care of biological resources en-route to the nearly finished Foundation ring surrounding the surface of Saturn.
Doug Bosley
2022
Secondary Context
A small piece of a particle computer uncovered by upheavals on the surface of Foundation.
Doug Bosley
2020
The Crown
An attendant and cohort of collectors carrying biological resources has arrived on the surface of a Drifter contained within an anomalous space.
Doug Bosley
2022
The Fold
A highly turbulent region inside the anomaly that forms in the space between the three principle loci. In a stable era the three loci perform a 2.53 million year circuit that folds and unfolds the space within the anomaly. As the Anomaly is freed from the constraints of space and time that exist in our current reality, we are able to witness the circuit in real time.
2016
The Quantum Indeterminacy of Nature
Inside the Anomaly a chaotic state results from an accumulation of errors and miscalculations made worse by repeated traversal of the time-space bridge.
A single particle-computer has survived unstable conditions across multiple instances long enough to compute and implement a stable physical state. It is essentially protecting itself from the chaos and instability of the Anomaly by altering the physics of the environment around itself.
2017
The Reef (Outer Boundary)
Attendant (AiChicAe) approaching what is colloquially known as 'The Reef' from the southern border. The Reef is a collection of ferral auxons working in loose collaboration that emerged near ancient cliff walls on Foundation.
Doug Bosley
2021